Power Consumption

Let's now check on just how much power the DS415+ needs in sleep, idle, and during heavy throughput.

We used a GW Instek GPM-8212 power analyzer for all of our power consumption measurements.

Sleep, Idle and Load

Overall low power consumption in all the configurations we tried. Intel's Rangeley CPU is definitely very efficient.

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power or phantom load is the amount of power a device consumes when switched off but still plugged into the power grid. According to the ErP Lot 6 2013 directive, vampire power should be below 0.5 W.



With 1.25 W in standby, the DS415+ is unfortunately not ErP Lot 6 compliant.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs